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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-09
Notes from Phoenix.
PHOENIX, S. G., March 4, Il

PIIoENIx, S. G., March 4, 1857.
Small grain is looking fine.
Farmers seem to have gone to work III earn
est.
How many people OF South Carolina will
be dupcd by the fOrign loan Association"
Since the great improvement in the Press
Gna Rannc', ! hear no talk of the young
folks Letter Box" therein
am very much oblige to my good, and un-
known friend for dropping me n note, telling
me that was fool, and | sincerely hope he
will continue to make mo wise In otEer re-
spects. Mr.. Editor, really don't think sem
sible man or woman would place letter in
the public highway for delivery. Such has
been the case In this community.
was severely shocked, when / heard OF
the death Of Mr.. Johnnie Milwcc. of Green
wood, he was Il warm friend Of mine.
Health In this community Is good at pro-
sent
Service at damascus last fourth Sunday I'm
the morning hY Rev. J. NJ. Jordon. At Re
h0both in the afternoon by Rev. Pooser.
Rocklcrel has surely gone dry as we never
hear from there at all.
j. =. GORUUN.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-09

Texas Christian advocate is to be NOV
ed from Galverton 10 Dallas.
The only Unitarian churches in the
South are in Atlanta, Charleston, Louis
Vile and New Orleans.
It is reported that Mr.. Edison is hope
less invalid, and will hardly be able to
to return from Florida.
Burglars, robbed the bank at La
Grange, Mo-, on Sunday night of $2l,-
600, mostly in bonds, notes, &C., and es-
capped.
The Arkansas Methodist says the Hon.
J. NJ. Reagan, the newly elected U. $.
Senator, is a Methodist of irreproachable
character.
The Office and fixtures of the Los An
geles (Cul). -idrocate were totally de-
stroyed by fire on February 9th.-Pacifc
Methodist.
Two hundred ministers Of Glasgow,
Scotland, of different denominations,
have united in an effort to reach the nom
church-going classes.
That was a good description of a reviv-
al given by the London crossing sweep
er: "The time when God makes new
Methodists and mends the old Ones"
The Alabama House of Representa-
tives has passed bill making the keep
ing of gambling-house felony, pun
ishable by imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary.
O'Neal, ono Of tho New York Alder
men accused of accepting bribes, has
been sentenced to four years and half
in the penitentiary and to pay a fino of
$4,000.
Queen Victoria's jubilee year is also
that of biography, the first patent for an
electric telegraph having been issued
juno 90, 1874 week before the Queens
accession-to Cooke and Wheatstono.
Bishop Taylor, of Africa, says in let
ter to tho iStaudard: sour American
people, from the Bishops down, seem to
regard Liberia as the vestibule of Hades,
and arc afraid to enter the vestibule lest
the door might bo shut behind them, and
obligc them to 90 in. So must look to
England, and perhaps to Germany, for
men and women to work in the self-sup-
porting missions ( am, d. ", abont to
found among the neglected aboriginal
tribes on that coast"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-09

A Familiar Picture.
The anderson Journal says:

Now comes the empty wagon into town,
and barrels of flour, bags Of corn, sides OF
meat and sacks Of guanO are trundled Off into
the country, to assist in making another crop
of cotton. How long Is this treadmill busi-
ness going to last?
To which the Sumter Advdnce adds
"This is familiar picture in Sumter, and
one that is daily presented. We join the
Journal In asking how long is this trcadmill
business going to last?"
The aiken Journal and Reric,U says:
Tho lien business is very light in Aiken.
The Aiken county farmers believe In raising
their own bread and meat. and only Il small
proportion depend on the merchant for their
supplies. At no time during the whole year
are the empty wagons conspicuous OH our
streets.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-09
The Party Which Proposes to Over
ride the Laws OF the State, II they
do not Conform to their Own
Peculiar Notions.

It has often been alleged that the prohibito-
ry law would not prohibit the apple jack poll
ticians from selling whiskey. From the fol-
lowing sentences last week at Laurens Court.
it will be seen that some Of the opponents OF
prohibition have kept their promise and have
violated the law. The Baptist Courier recently
gave the temperance people Of Anderson &C.
we're lecture for conducting the election ac-
corciino to la,p What now will it say of the
conviction Of anti-prohibitionists for a crin,i-
nal violation OF the law:
"The following persons pleaded guilty to
were fined as follows: r. T.. Bishop, sl25
Max Jareck, $50; ]. d. Sheahan, 500; G. B.
Pool, S75; c. NJ. Compton, 500; Edmond Har-
ris, $50; Allen Cunningham, $50"
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Which Will Prohibit.
(t1rO5jOn .SuUrJUO

The whlskey men and prohlbitiOnists OF
Anderson bave had u hard fight. After tho
town went dry. the whiskcy men were deter
mined TO keep II wet and they adopted the
usual plans Of supplying their customers In
an underground manner They defied the
But few cases in the courts
with verdicts for violation Of law brought
them toa proper consideration of their con-
duct. They have finally surrendered and say
they will resist the dry Ordanance no longer
and will dispose Of their stock on hand IN
bulk. a dry town with dry council ana n
dry iury can reduce the sale OF whiskey very
much i'm auy county.
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Time to be Shortened.

We learn that the authorities of the Colum-
lila and Greenvllle Railroad contemplate
shortening the time between Columbia and
Greenville. so as to make the run in about
one hour less than at present This arrange
ment Is to go into effect after the roadbed has
dried, ana when the necessary repairs have
been made, perhaps some six weeks hence.
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MIR. Benets Speech i'm Charleston.

Last Friday Mr.. w. c. Benet Of our village,
delivered the anniversary address before the
Charleston Medical College, and the speech
has received the highest commendaLion from
both the press and the people The augusta
Chronicle has this to say:
At the annual commencement of the Med
ieal College Of the State OF South Carolina,
held last night in the Academy Of Music, Mr..
w. &. Benet made a noble address to the grad
uates. The reading of the speech lessened,
or course, those flights of clOquence which
distinguish the utterances of Mr.. Benet. But
there was the lofty eloQuence Of language
and thought more enduring than the rhythm
and fire of spoken words. The speaker chose,
as the subject OF his address, the fancied pro-
gress OF the nineteenth century.
II was worthy the subject; 1t was worthy
the orator: 1t revealed TO Southern hearts n
man who Is no apostate TO Southern princ-
pies and Southern honor; a man who has not
abjured, for the pool reward OF Northern
plaudits the immortal faith Of the South.
COLONEL BOWEN is at Judge Cothran's,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-09
A Pleasant Notice.

H85UCEUfe ItP7UIWPH I'SCHODLeTtTH.
The Press and Banner of this county adds Il
distinctly religious feature Of its columns,
Methodist church. This improve emrnt Will he
appreciated by its readers. 1t Is commonly
supposed thut religious matter. especially
sermons, published in secular newspapers Is
never read. This, we are persuaded, Is Il mis-.
take. The popularity OF Mr.. SpurgeOns ser
mons and those of Dr. Talmage proves the in
terest Of tho people in such matter. The ac
count or the city mission In Berlin, referred
To in this issue, shows that 1000 sermons are
weekly distributed in the city. We wish the
Press and Banner increased success In its eff
forts to reuch its high ideal Of n newspaper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-09
An Almond Tree In HioOnl.

Fonr years ago Mrs. w. W. White planted
several almond seed in her garden. One
grew and from it has sprang tree about sew
On feet I'm height. IL hes never had any pro
lection from the weather, is stout aud vigor-
Gus, and two weeks ago was in full bloom.-
Rock Hill HtTUid.
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Order Of Dances.

l. Quadrllle.
2. Waltz.
8. Lancers.
4. Fatanitza
5. CoHllion.
O. Glide.
7. Quardrille.
s. Waltz.
9. Lancers, "saratoga."
10. Peek-a-Boo Waltz.
II. Quadrille.
II. Polka.
l3. Lancers.
II. Glide.
Is. Quadrille.
10. Sbottische.
II. Lancers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-09
OUR RAILROAD CENTRE.
ITEMS OF NEWS GATHERED BY A WIDE
AWAKE SCRIBE.

Incendinry Fircs---BOard Of AGricul-
fure...The Sick get WciI---Distress-
ing Accident by Which n Young
MAN Lost His Eifc--Gcncral Hemp.
hills BOoks---BuildinG Association
A PenSiOncr of Two Wars--.Fari-
Ous Other Matters.
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Mr.. A. c. Merrick Is training n nno Ken
lucky bred horse OF Mr.. w. Joel Smith, OF
Ahbcvilic. Tho animal Is large and trinity
built and trots rapidly and is a beautiful
specimen of horse fiesh.-KeoWec Courier.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-09

It will soon be too late to plant shade trees,
and this Is most important matter. A few
hours spent in this work will never be re-
GREETED.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-09

The German Millet Is M abundant forage
plant Hnd most animals like ii very WELL
Then sorghum is fine for forage. One farmer
reports that he gets more good food from an
acre planted In sorghum than from any otiier
acre on his place.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-03-09
'.WilI Add Popularity TO that Excel
lent Journal
Greenwood 7Fib,ul,

Our friend Wilson Of the Press and Banner
has added a religious department To- his pa.
per, edited by the Rev. Sidi Brown. This we
have no doubt will add much to the pOpuiarl-
ty OF that excellent journal.
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Easily Satisfied.


We have long since come to the conclusion
that we can't run Our paper 10 please every
body. We arc satisfied when we Gun please
ourselves,
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j. W. Callahan, OF Grcenville, was married
10 Miss Emmie Kay, at lionea Path, Oh the
night of the End.
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THE DOCTORS IN COUNCIL.
What the Medical Society Did at
Troy.

Troy.
Dr. Neuffer has furnished the Abbeville pa
pers with the following notes OF the meeting
at Troy:
The regular quarterly meeting OF the Socle-
ty was held at Troy Thursday, March 3. 1887.
The Society was called to order at half past
four o'clock with DR.. G. A. Neuffer, Vice.
President in the chair.
DIR. D. w. Youngblood read an essay on an
tipryine which was discussed by all present.
DR.. G. 4. NeufIer then read an essay on as
piration which was followed by discussion.
DR.. J. w. Wideman reported an interesting
case of the successful removal of an oSteO-
sarcoma OH the lower jaw exhibiting the
specimen. Several other cases were also re-
ported.
Five applications for membership were
acted upon and all were received.
The Society then adjourned to partake OF
banquet which had been prepared by the Cit
iZens Of Troy.
What the Society Did at Abbeville.
At the meeting OF the Abbeville Medical
Society held at Abbeville last Monday, March
T. 1857, the President DR.. IT. ]. Mabry, presid-
ing, the following resolution was adopted:
ReSolvpd, The monthly meeting of this So
ciety be dispensed with, and that the Society
hold quarterly meetings In diffcront towns
in the county with an annual meeting at ABB
beville In November.
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COLONEL. BOWEN Is at Judge Cothran's.
He says he has no railroad news
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-08
CHINESE MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
A Chinese Female Bought From Her
Parents.

In the probate division of the Supreme
Court yesterday, before Mr.. Justice
McCully, an application filed by one
All Kui was heard, praying that he be
appointed guardian OF a young Chinese
girl named Chung AIoy, aged about 10
years. The respondent in the matter
was William White OF Hilo, Hawaii,
whose right OF custody of the girl was
asked to be ruled upon by the Court.
At the hearing it transpired that the
minor was born in China; that when
two or three years old she was bought,
according to a custom in China, by pc
titioner, All Kui, from her parents
for the purpose of marrying her
with one All Nee, son of petitioner.
That in February Of last year, in Hilo,
All Kui, the petitioner, thinking that
the girl was the proper age to be the wife
of his son, performed the marriage cere-
mony, la Chinese, that OF feasting, ETC.,
which act if done in China is considered
by the parties as concentrating the con-
tract of engagement entered into by the
parents Of the marrying couple.
The respondent stated in explanation
OF his custody of the girl that All Nee,
| the pretended husband, had sued the
minor for deserving him ia the Police
| Court of Hilo; that he defended her in
said Court and gained for her release
| from All Nee, ever since which time
Chung Moy preferred to and has lived
in the family OF Mr.. White, whose wife
had taken quite liking to her.
His Honor, after perusing the evidence
taken at the Hilo trial, said that the
pretended marriage is no marriage under
the laws of this Kingdom, and therefore
dismissed the application. All Nee,
who was present, renounced all claims
to the girl, and stated that the petitioner
was his father. Upon the nomination
of Chung Moy, the Court appointed said
William White guardian of her person
under 800 bond. His Excellency An
| tone Rosa for petitioner, J. NJ. Poepoe
for respondent.
In the afternoon All Kui. filed a petit
| ton for writ of habeas corpus to OBJ
tain the custody of the minor, Chung
Moy. The application will be heard this
morning.
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CIineing to a Pin.

One of the funniest incidents of any
railroad wreck that l ever saw-and there
are always funny things that one remem-
bers about a railroad disaster-was that of
q man who was on my train when it ran
through a misplaced switch at Riverside
and collided with freight train standing
on the side track. 1t was q terrible
smash up. Amos McDaniels, the engi-
neer, saved his life by jumping from his
engine before it struck the freight train,
but Andy McGlenn, the fireman, was
caught between the tank and the boiler
head of the engine, where he was held
fast, alive, but with his legs both crushed
and cooked. AS soon as the passengers
found that not one Of them was hurt they
swarmed out and began helping to get
poor Andy out of his terrible prison. l
noticed one passenger who worked like
hero, lifting and pulling and straining to
get Andy out, yet all the time using one
hand as if it were crippled. 1 noticed it
several times, and paid good deal more
heed to ii than you would expect a man to
under such circumstances; but, don't you
know, under the most exciting conditions
q mans mind will hit upon some such lit
tie thing and never let go Of it? Well,
noticed that man never opened his hand
to take hold of whatever he was going to
lift, but put his wrist under it and kept
his thumb and fingers together.
After we had got Andy out and they
had carried him to the depot stood talk
ing with this passenger, who was as white
as sheet and so much excited that he
could hardly put words together.
us your hand crippled?'' 1 asked.
''No," said he, quite astonished, and
holding 1t up where l could see it. he be-
trayed the fact that all this time he had
been clinging with his thumb and first fin
ger to pin with which he was Just fast
ening his necktie down when the collision
occurred. And one of the funniest parts
of the whole performance was the fact
tt-t IS soon 90 he hold m his hand and
saw tbs pin ne went righJ on pinning the
necktie down as If nothing had happened
Chicago News
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-08
SENATORIAL RETALIATION.

Perhaps nothing could more humor-
ously or more truthfully describe the
'retaliatory' legislation against Cana
dian trade in the United States Senate
than the following short editorial from
the New York Herald" 1t is pithy
and,to the point. 1t says:
The Herald" is always on the side of
mercy. and we hasten therefore to cheer
up the poor British Lion and urge him not
to be too respondent over the ''quite too
awfully awful" pull which Senators Frye
and ingalls, gave TO his tail Monday. Mr..
Frye's imprisoned oratory was in
tended for the latitude and longitude of
Maine, his own dear State; and Mr.. In
gals spoke for the Republican party,
which has viewed with alarm" for a
couple of weeks past the firm attitude OF
the Democratic administration on the fish
cry business, as developed by Secretary
Manning's report and by the bills of Mr..
Belmont and Senator German. When Mr.
ingalls, began to ''let loose the dogs OF
war" it was only as though he had said
1T will be a cold day when 1 let the party
of great moral ideas get left by the Demo
Gratis"
Senator HOar, with a cooler head, or per
haps nicer sense of propriety than Sena-
tor ingalls,, or probably with a keener fear
of making himself ridiculous, thought i'm
mediate and bloody war unnecessary.
LET US exclude their fish, he cried out,
with that lively eye to the main chance
which distinguishes the typical New Eng
lander. That is to say, he would make
fish dearer to the whole of our sixty mill
ions of people, and give his own dear New
England fishermen a closer monopoly OF
the supply than they now haye, and call
that retaliation.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-08
TUESDAY ::
POINTS ABOUT POPULATION,

The annual death rate in Honolulu
during February last was 23.4 per thou
sand. As it was a short month this rate
IS large, although it is somewhat lower
than in February, 1886. But the great
fire purified the Chinese quarter, and
therefore this seasons mortality should
lower than the previous one A
er comparison may be founded upon
rms furnished for months subse-
mt to April. The percentage of sick
among school children last month
large, caused probably by inclem-
weather. The total deaths recorded
February at Honolulu were forty
zee. Of these thirty were native Ha-
-ians and seven were Chinese
The Agent of the Board of Health
..a.es that fourteen fatal cases were
.lattended" Now that Hawaiian
lrd of Health has been constituted,
h power to issue indiscriminate IL
.e-se to practice Hawaiian medicine,
t.s feature of the old Board of Health
urns should disappear. 1t will make
y little difference in the long run,
.weyer, whether the native race die of
elect or from the malpractice of ig-
rant and irresponsible kahunas. They
aE, passing away so rapidly that if an
$ nest census be taken in 1890 the re-
nit must astonish those who recently
audeavored to gloss over this very sad
nd deplOrable fact, and to show that in
lead of decay and gradual dissolution
.n ere is a rapid growth and expansion.
The increase of population is from
an alien source, imported at a heavy
CT arge to the taxpayers, and there is no
v7luntary immigration whatever except
rom China or places where Chinese are
3omiciIed, and an embargo has been
placed upon that. But the Chinese domi-
ciled here do not regard themselves as
subiects of the Crown, or acknowledge
- sway" as was said on the occasion
r-ferred to; neither do Japanese; and
Portuguese only to very limited ex-
tent have become naturalized.
1t is best to tell the truth about popu-
ton as also about the increase of trade
and production. 1t is a lamentable fact
that the native race is dying off, and
that the industries of the country are
mainly sustained by imported alien
labor. 1t is also an undoubted fact that
all industrial development has come
from without land that the progress of the
country, since 1876 especially, has been
owing entirely to the Reciprocity Treaty
with the United States, which country
practically paid bonus upon Hawaiian
sugar production and led to the invest
ment of a large amount of foreign capt.
tai
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ELECTRIC LIGH TING.

1t is probable that an attempt will be
made to light the city with electricity at
an early date. 1t might be we'll to post
pone action in this matter for the pres
ent at least. The city can get along
very well as it is for some
time longer. Better apply avail
able funds TO the dredging of
the Harbor than to perfect shore illumi-
nation, which would. probably entail a
heavy and unnecessary expenditure for
wears to come, should scientific expert
ment produce a cheaper and more sue
cessful method of utilizing the electric
light than any now in use. The limit of
invention has not been reached.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-08
Land Sales.

At noon yesterday Messrs. f. P.
Adams & Co. sold several properties be-
longing to the estate of the late Rev.
DR.. Baldwin. 4 lot on the west side of
Punahou street was bought by Hon. G.. H.
Judd for So, 100. A piece of property in
Lahaina, known as the Baldwin Home
stead, sold to Mr. H. p Baldwin for
81 900. Hon. w. r. Castle was the
purchaser Of the Ahupuaa of Kauaula,
near Lahaina, for $3.50. Hon. F. H.
Hayselden bought Mount Retreat, back
of Lahaina, for $3.50. a lot of 10 acres
and a 10 acre lot in Kamaole, Maui, was
purchased by Hon. J. L. Dowsett for $95
and 5000 respectively. a block of land
called Kukuiaea, Maui, was bought by
the Haleakala Ranch Company for
81, 725. An orange grove on Maui was
bought by Hon. J. |. Dowsett for $3.50
The total amount realized was $3.50.
The property on Liliha street, belong
ing to the Reformatory School, was sold
yesterday by Mr.. Lewis J. Levey for
So, 900 to the Rev. S. E. Bishop.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-08
McGregor Found Guilty.

In the Police Court yesterday morn
ing Daniel McGregor was brought up on
remand for judgment in the assault case
with dangerous weapon. His Honor,
after reviewing the evidence, found the
defendant guilty, and sentenced him to
twenty days Imprisonment at hard
labor and to pay fine of $50. An ap-
peal was noted to the Supreme Court.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-08


Valuable Properties for SaIe.-Tvo oc,os
Of land, splendidly situated in Makiki for
Homesteads. N
One acre in Makiki, on Beretania street, fine
building SITE
on Liliha street. A rare chance
For LeaSe.-Forty acres of land 21a mt1as
from MOS sman. corner-15 acres of which is
sultaDle LOT either rice or taro, and has been
nhder cultivation for the last five wears All
oulIdlnGs necessary for irst-class little ranch
now on the premises
Wanted'-A Situation-By a competent practi-
cal engineer, who has had many years expe-
renee anu can give the best of references
1-mp4oyInent on plantation preferred.
WRnteal-HO competent handy man
about horses can find employment for the next
six weeks. Japanese preferred
Fzll Particulars gf~er r1r,or application at
No 2e-IRBCdAEr ST. HONOLULU
Aststy ocoupisd ~ Nessrs Smith g ThuTstou
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